Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25

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shutting the inducements to imi-
grants to settle in 1t, the first thing
that strikes the attention Is its re-
!. markably sulubrious climate and the
{ purity Gifts atmosphere. Every con-
dition Is favorable to health and long
LIFE The crystal transparency of its
4 streams, gushing and gurgling over
their pebbly beds, has always attract
ed the wonder and the admiration of
strangers. Its picturesque and ro-
mantle scenery, its primeval forests
Of the finest Kind of timber, and it,
beautiful streams dancing amid moss
Y grown rock and wild flowers under
wild craigs and bluffs of limestone,
present as pretty picture as the eye
could wish. Among the minerals
certainly discovered and beyond dis
pute, are iron ore which has been
consumed in large quantities and
smelted into pig-iron for half q Gen.
tury or more, limestone which fur
y nishes the basis for the operation of
eleven nmekilns, forming one Of the
chief industries of the county, and
cement rock which has been found in
quantities practically inexhaustible,
and which has been thoroughly tested
h and proved to be of very superior
: quality, but which has as yet been
only partially developed. In addi-
ton to these, there Is large deposit
OF fire-clay at the Boughter Spring,
above old byron Forge" which Mr..
Henry HOLSTER had tested in his life
stime, and which was pronounced by
the assayist to be of the very best
quality. In order, however, to un-
derstand the mineral resources of
Houston county, 1t will be necessary
.tQxnention, very briefly and, of
sc0ffse, in general terms for the limits
of this kind of an article will not adj
NIT of more), the mineral resources,
and particularly the iron deposits, of
the surrounding counties, as these
counties, taken together, form min
eral region peculiar to themselves.
In mentioning the names of these
furnaces, it is to be remarked that the
greatest number of them have been
abandoned and are now obsolete, but
in nine cases out of ten, the ore banks
xfrom which they were formerly sup
1plied still remain and have had in
most instances, only a superficial de-
velopment, and still contain an album
dance of fineore. We will begin with
Montgomery county, and here in
course of time have been successfully
and profitably operated, "Sugar Creek
Furnace formerly owned and run
by Stewart d Dick, by whom large
number of sugar kettles were manu-
20 ntxs,ad md ontnf 70 I nyxspfaon
~year, cold Washington Furnace
near DIR. Halme's farm, "Louisa Fur
mace" and old mt. Vernon Fur
pace,'' operated by the Baxters and
C0l. Alternately and Others, "Web-
ster Furnace" by DIR. Carter and
Apps jackson and j. l.. James, 80.
eK.n by Guerin & Dickson, Blooming
Grove" Furnace and Forge, run by
the Nebletts, Sailors Rest Furnace
The property of the Vests, "Yellow
Creek Furnace" owned by Robert
Steele, ST., and Montgomery Fur
mace" built by G. w. Russell and
Others. In Stewart county at one
time there were thirteen furnaces, a
rolling mill and two FORCES running
all at the same time, but of these,
owing to an alteration of the county
lines, there only remain the sites and
n ore deposits of the following furnaces:
''Laura," and "Iron Mountain," the
two furnaces run by w. E. Newell
and the Quarles, "La Grange" and
"Clark," now the property of War
ner hol kCompany, "Cumberland
sIrOn Works Rolling Nip and "Ran.
jdolph Forge;" and "Dover" and
"Bear Spring" Furnaces, owned by
Woods, Stacker a. Co., now In the
hands Of joint stock company Of
Nashville capitalists, and Trough
and Ready" and old "Bellwood'
Furnaces on the north side Of Cum.
berland River. In addition to these
may be mentioned large and rich de.
POSTS of iron ore on Tennessee River
NEAR La Grange Furnace, and In the
extreme western end of the county,
which have been extensively worked
and the ore shipped abroad for smelt
ing. And in Dickson county there
were situated the old "Turnbulpl fur
Anace and forge owned by Montgomery
Bell, Cumberland Furnace" now
being operated by Capt. Drouillard
and Mr.. Bob Stone, old "Carroll Fur
mace, morley ruTndcc, near LIZA
son Station, ''Bellview," about sia
miles due south OF Charlotte, "Piney
Furnace" upon river of that name
and old "Laurel Furnace" besides
three FORCES ON Jones' Creek, to-wit
"Valley Forge" "Turnbull Forge,
cred House Forge" and the forge a
the Narrows of Harpeth, perhaps tn,
finest water power in the State. AL
these former plants show that Hous
ton county Is situated in the yer!
-sheart of the iron regions. Accord
ingiy it Is found that there Ia al
a abundance of iron ore in the hills O
Houston county. Among the irol
works formerly operated In what |
now Houston county may be men
Ationed old Evan Buren, Furnace,
built by DR.. Asa ]. Brunson, very
many years ago, about mile from
the HOLSTER farm, "Byron Forge,
owned and operated by the Brunson
and j. l.. james, and the HOLSTERS
and situated near DR.. b. n. Carter
n,,oly ax,o orr,a tt0pa Ashland E,lV